KATHMANDU, May 31: President Ram Chandra Paudel has certified the Citizenship Amendment Bill. President Paudel certified the bill on Wednesday, according to the Office of President.

KATHMANDU, May 31: During the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to India, efforts will be made to conclude a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with India.

Long-term power purchase agreement, investment in Nepal's hydropower sector, cross-border connectivity, building cross-country transmission line, resolution of border disputes and additional air entry routes from India are among the main agenda of the visit.

KATHMANDU, May 29: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has appealed to the masses to celebrate the Republic Day in a grand way with due respect to its glory, gravity, and significance.

KATHMANDU, May 16: The government's policies and programs is ready to be introduced on May 19. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal gave this information in a meeting with Speaker Devraj Ghimire on Tuesday morning.

KATHMANDU, May 11: A meeting was held between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and president of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba. Deuba along with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka reached the Prime Minister's residence at Baluwatar to meet him.

KATHMANDU, May 6: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed his determination not to spare anybody involved in the fake refugee scam. He said pressure from any side will not be tolerated and the culprits will be brought to justice.

KATHMANDU, May 4: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman and former prime minister KP Sharma Oli held a meeting today. During the meeting that took place at the Singha Durbar-based Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the two discussed contemporary political affairs.

KATHMANDU, May 2: Dr Alvaro Bermejo, director general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on  Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said an intense opposition is necessary to end the tendency of exploiting workers.

KATHMANDU, April 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that long-standing problems facing the country could be resolved in a package only after taking a revolutionary decision on the existing provisions relating to land.

KATHMANDU, April 25: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has admired all those who lent financial, psychological and moral support to the post-earthquake rescue, relief and rebuilding efforts.

KATHMANDU, April 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has given instructions to the authorities concerned to make a law to register Yatri motorcycles and other vehicles made in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, April 21:  Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Chairperson of the main opposition party, CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli held a meeting today.

KATHMANDU, April 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal carried out an onsite visit of the under construction Kathmandu-Terai/Madhesh fast track today.

KATHMANDU, April 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the government of Nepal recognizes the energy sector as the one that can lead the country to developing a strong base for prosperity.

KATHMANDU, April 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that arrangements will be made to allow Nepalis abroad to cast their votes from abroad.

KATHMANDU, April 12: Due to internal tensions within the Nepali Congress (NC), the government led by the Chairman of the Maoist Center, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has not yet been able to get full shape. The Council of Ministers could not be completed because the NC leaders, who had come together to break the seven-party alliance with the UML, did not agree on the division of ministries.

DHANGADHI, April 9: A meeting was held between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Secretary Lekh Raj Bhatta.

KATHMANDU, April 7: With three months left until the end of the current fiscal year, the government has barely spent a quarter of its capital expenditure. With one week left until the end of nine months of the current fiscal year, the capital expenditure has hardly been 25 percent.

KATHMANDU, April 7: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has admitted that he could not work for 100 days after taking the leadership of the government due to political ups and downs. He came to Gorkha on Friday to participate in the golden jubilee ceremony of Gorkha Hospital and assured that the government's other works will be accelerated along with development.

KATHMANDU, April 5: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the government will get a full shape within the next two days.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal Hanaa Singer-Hamdy presented her credentials to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, April 2: Families of security personnel who lost their lives during the decade-long Maoist conflict called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today.

KATHMANDU, April 1: After a long tug-of-war, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal reconstituted the cabinet on Friday. The reshuffled cabinet has 17 members. Although Dahal was supported by 10 parties, only seven of them including Maoist Center, Nepali Congress, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), CPN (Unified Socialist), Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP), Nepal Samajwadi Party (NSP) and Nagarik Unmukti Party joined the government.

KATHMANDU, April 1: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said Nepal could be developed as the world's sports hub.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that his government was successful in kindling hope among the public by delivering on important works in the first three months of his leadership.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is holding a meeting with the loan sharking victims today.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached Sheetal Niwas to hold a meeting with President Ram Chandra Poudel.

KATHMANDU, March 30: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal  has said the basis for political stability is in the making in the country.

KATHMANDU,  March 29: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the current government will last for a full term.

KATHMANDU, March 29: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is being held at 1 pm today at the Federal Parliament building.

KATHMANDU,  March 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairperson, Madhav Kumar Nepal, held a meeting today.

KATHMANDU, March 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Speaker Devraj Ghimire held a meeting on Monday to take necessary measures to make the parliamentary functions further effective.

KATHMANDU, March 26: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is preparing to expand the cabinet on Monday after reaching an agreement on power-sharing with the ruling coalition parties by Sunday. After taking the vote of confidence for the second time from the House of Representatives on March 20, Prime Minister Dahal said that he would expand the cabinet within Friday. But as Dahal said, the cabinet could not be expanded until Friday due to the lack of party consensus on the division of ministries. However, bilateral, multilateral discussions and internal homework are going on between the ruling coalition parties to reach an agreement.

KATHMANDU, March 22: The three youths who chanted slogans against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in New Baneshwor on Tuesday are to be investigated for indecent behavior.

KATHMANDU, March 21: Slogans were chanted in New Baneshwor against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, March 21: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has laid the foundation stone for Panthadihi-Katahare-Harmi-Sahiltar road upgradation project.

KATHMANDU, March 21: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the incumbent government wants to conclude the remaining tasks of the peace process without any further delay.

KATHMANDU, March 20:  Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has received the vote of confidence for the second time. He took the vote of confidence for the second time in the House of Representatives on Monday after he was appointed prime minister on December 25.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Dol Prasad  Aryal, the leader of the parliamentary party (PP) of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP ), has said that he has decided to give a vote of confidence to the government with the belief that it will address the issues of ordinary citizens.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP) leader Sharat Singh Bhandari has said that his party has decided to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that the government has done effective work in a short time. Addressing today's meeting of the House of Representatives, he said that the government is sincerely working to revive the economy, ensure good governance, and speed up development in a short period of time.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the peace process and transitional justice are not just about the concerns of any particular party.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has sought a vote of confidence in a meeting of the House of Representatives that is underway at the Parliament Building in New Baneshwar.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that he did not think that he would have to seek a vote of confidence from parliament again within a short period of his appointment.

KATHMANDU, March 20:  CPN-UML will not give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is taking the vote of confidence from the House of Representatives meeting on Monday.

KATHMANDU, March 19: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that he hopes to get the backing of all parliamentarians when he seeks a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday.

KATHMANDU, March 19: In today's meeting of the House of Representatives, the members of parliament (MPs) were informed that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will take a vote of confidence on Monday.